Hygge translates roughly as coziness, and the Danish practice behind the word has less to do with decorating than with noticing.

Gunnar Karl Gíslason and Jody Eddy show how the small gestures build it: wool blankets and warm cider set out for guests, candles lit early, an evening with nothing scheduled. And how the larger ones do too, from bonfires to campfire bread baked for the solstice. More than thirty recipes for comforting food and drink sit alongside the entertaining, decorating, simple rituals and family traditions, in a square hardcover small enough to keep on the counter all winter.